Arsenal's slow descent continues. Back-to-back losses against as dominant a side as Manchester City shouldn't be quite as catastrophic as is being presented, but years of disappointment have finally come to a head. At first Arsene Wenger's trophy-less streak was put down to a lack of funds and, while support…

Having exchanged barbed comments throughout the season, this game was unsurprisingly billed as a grudge match between Jose Mourinho and his successor at Chelsea Antonio Conte, but both men have bigger things to concern themselves with currently. Both left far behind this season by Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, Mourinho…

With Manchester City running away with the Premier League, the only real interest left at the top end of the table is who gets the remaining three Champions League spots - the five teams in the fight throwing away their chances to get ahead just as often as they grab…

In the summer Everton took one step forward and two steps back. They sold Romelu Lukaku, a striker who had been criticised for his failure to add much to Everton's game beyond goal-scoring but was nevertheless very good at scoring those goals, then with the money gained bought a collection…

Having started the season in record-breakingly poor fashion, becoming the first team in top flight history to lose their seven opening games without scoring a single goal, Crystal Palace looked doomed. Nevertheless, their performances under Frank de Boer weren't actually quite so bad as the results suggested. He was unsuitable…

Rafa Benitez returned to his former club on Saturday, but there were few expectations of a triumphant return. Newcastle made a reasonable start to the season but a middling squad has seen an unsurprising downturn in form, with hope of the team being bolstered depending on Mike Ashley finally relinquishing…

Having left his homeland "scarred" by the injustices perpetrated by Bernard Tapie's Marseille, Arsene Wenger fled to Japan, taking control of Nagoya Grampus Eight. A European Cup semi-finalist wanted by Bayern Munich months before, the decision to leave Europe for a footballing backwater (Japan had never even qualified for a…

This one seemed a bit more interesting in the build-up than an away trip for a Jose Mourinho team against a bigger side should be, due to Manchester United's surprisingly attacking display at Old Trafford in April. Mourinho's lack of ambition beyond grinding out goal-less draws in the away games…